Race Riots in the South
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Economics
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Reconstruction, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Violence
- Curriculum: African American History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: Tennessee, Louisiana
- Date: May and July, 1866
Article abstract: Economic and social disparities between the races, along with a continuing military presence, lead to violence during Reconstruction.
Summary of Event
Racial disturbances in Memphis and New Orleans in 1866 were the result of economic, social, and political issues that troubled the nation during Reconstruction. Given the upheaval in the lives of Southerners after the Civil War, the racial disturbances are hardly surprising. In the simplest terms, one of the major tasks of Reconstruction was to assimilate the more than four million former...
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